Cuff-holder.



No. 68!,279. Patented Aug. 27, I90].

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CUFF HOLDER.

(Applicatidn filgd Apr. 24, 1901.)

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM THURMAN, OF NEWKIRK, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,279, dated August 27, 1 901. Application filed April 24,1901. Serial No. 57,212. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM THURMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New I kirk, in the county of Kay and Territory of j 5 Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in (Jud-Holders, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to cuff-holders; and 3 its object is to provide a device of this char- IQ acter which may be cheaply constructed and I will be secure and eifective in use and adapted to be quickly fastened and, unfastened.

The invention consists in a fastener of a. novel construction for securing a cufi? to the 1 I I sleeve of a shirt, and the details thereof will I be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and its novel fea ;tures defined in the appended claim. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a cuff secured to .a shirt-sleeve by j 5 my improved fastener, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener detached;

. The fastener is formed from a single piece iof resilient Wire bent upon itself to form a j I loop or eye 1, then laterally to form the arms )2, then at approximately right angles to form gdiverging arms 3 and 4:. The short arms 2 r project the loop 1 away from or out of the plane of the arms 3 and 4, thus adaptingsaid 3100p to be passed through the buttonholes of a end and the arms 3 and 4: to engage the but- ;zl [illustrated in Fig. 1. The ends of the diverga 35 ing arms 3 and 4 are bent inward at substanl; tially right angles and then outward to form overlapping bends 5 and 6 and are then turned downward, as shown in Fig. 2, one

member terminating in a loop 7 and the other 40 in a head or hook 8, adapted to engage the I i loop 7 to connect the two members.

ton of the wristband of the sleeve, as is clearly It will be obvious that the sleeve is firmly clamped between the two spring members of the fastener and that the cuff is thus securely held in position, but may be adjusted longitudinally of the sleeve to project the front edge of the end forward to any desired ex tent.

As the fastener is made from a single piece of spring-wire, it may be manufactured at a trifling cost and affords a very simple and effective means for attaching the cuff to the shirt-sleeve.

I claim* A cuff-holder comprising a single piece of resilient wire bent to form a loop and diverging arms, the loop being offset from the plane of said arms, inwardly-projecting overlapping bends in said arms, constituting clamps to engage the shirt-sleeve, a loop at the end of one of said arms and ahead at the end of the other arm for connecting said arms detachably.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED BATES, ZACK BARNES. 

